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This is quite well done, nice work! One thing is I was constantly expecting that I could start typing the phrases instead of typing 'enter' first to begin. I

This is quite well done, nice work! One thing is I was constantly expecting that I could start typing the phrases instead of typing 'enter' first to begin. I think it seems more obvious to just let people hit the first key in the sequence to start the timer. I don't think I'm unique in this but I'm actually a horrible typist 'by the book'.. that is I use my index fingers for probably 75% of my typing. It was interesting going through the 'learning' section and being so jarringly reminded that I don't touch type properly. The weird thing is that on most typing tests I score over 100 WPM's, usually somewhere around 110 actually if it is mixed english. I also type code far faster than I can think. And though I've been coding as a profession for 15 years, I've never really succumbed to RSI in any way either. So I'm not sure what my incentive to relearn how to type properly is. I do wish I did in a way, I imagine it would be quicker, but part of me wonders whether my mutated typing is mutated in a way that just works for me physically, so why mess with something that works. Anybody else the same? I've even toyed with learning Dvorak to force myself to learn from scratch again, this time the 'right way', but again it doesn't seem like I would necessarily get real gains over where I'm at now.

Cushman 14y ago
I've done exactly that: I was at ~100wpm with "advanced hunt and peck", and decided to learn touch-typing in Dvorak to "do it properly". I type a little slower now, and my hands feel pretty much the same, but it makes my computer that much harder for other people to use so I'm calling it a win. It's actually pretty fascinating, though— I can still type blind with speed in either layout, but the process is completely different. I know the location of an arbitrary key in QWERTY, but I'm not sure I could actually give you the Dvorak layout without putting my hands together. I don't use Dvorak keycaps, which might have something to do with it— on one of my laptops I actually rearranged the keys to be accurate to neither. I don't like it when other people use my computers, and I like that experience to be mutual :)

Cushman 14y ago

I've done exactly that: I was at ~100wpm with "advanced hunt and peck", and decided to learn touch-typing in Dvorak to "do it properly". I type a little slower now, and my hands feel pretty much the same, but it makes my computer that much harder for other people to use so I'm calling it a win. It's actually pretty fascinating, though— I can still type blind with speed in either layout, but the process is completely different. I know the location of an arbitrary key in QWERTY, but I'm not sure I could actually give you the Dvorak layout without putting my hands together. I don't use Dvorak keycaps, which might have something to do with it— on one of my laptops I actually rearranged the keys to be accurate to neither. I don't like it when other people use my computers, and I like that experience to be mutual :)